Good morning. The average age of primetime TV viewers is higher than ever at nearly 65 years old, according to a new Nielsen report. For the once youth-centric MTV? Itβs 51 years old. Seems MTVβs β80s catchphrase βI want my MTVβ really stuck with one demo.

Inside YouTube Creator Danny Gevirtzβs Film Screening
Filmmaker and YouTube creator Danny Gevirtz held an official release screening for his movie, I Think Iβm Sick, at Landmarkβs Nuart Theater in LA last week. Hereβs what we saw β
Backstory: Gevirtz started making the semi-autobiographical mental health drama in partnership with creators Matti Haapoja and Gian Carlo Stigliano in 2021, sharing the behind the scenes footage on his YouTube channel throughout production.Β
The group funded the $300,000 project through YouTube AdSense, Kickstarter, and peer funding. βEven if we get 1% conversion on streaming platforms and rentals itβll be monetizable,β Gevirtzβs manager and producer Tyler Wells said at the screening.
I Think Iβm Sick won eight awards during last yearβs film festival circuit, including Best International Feature at Manchester International Film Festival and Best Screenplay at NY Film Week.
The vibe at the screening? A 200-person crowd of longtime fans and aspiring filmmakers who have followed Gevirtzβs journey on YouTube.
One attendee, photographer Fernando Ventura, told us he appreciated that Gevirtz is βpursuing a personal project and dealing with heavy themesβ and using βminimal equipment.β
Videographer Antoine Edmonson, who followed the BTS footage on Gevirtzβs channel, was looking for documentary storytelling inspiration for his commercial video work.
Looking ahead: Gevirtz and his team are self-distributing the movie through their website starting Fridayβin a bid to avoid unfavorable streamer deals that could take up to 50% of revenue.
βI wanted to prove that you donβt need a studio, you can just make something. Whether or not Netflix wants to buy it, we made a movie,β Gevirtz said at the screening. βWe got a group of people together, went out, and made something weβre proud of.β

Creators Ask: Has Instagram Gone Too Far?

Peter McKinnon criticizes Instagramβs application of their βMade with AIβ tag /Β Peter McKinnon
Veteran creator and photographer Peter McKinnon called out Instagramβs new βMade with AIβ tag last week, highlighting how images that are even slightly modified with an AI tool (such as Adobe Photoshopβs βGenerative Fillβ) now share the same label as 100% AI-generated content.
β[If] AI was used within the process of the picture being created that youβre seeing right nowβ¦but you donβt know where, thatβs where I think it gets kind of sticky,β McKinnon said.
Catch up quick: Back in February, Meta announced a new AI image detection feature rolling out across Instagram, Facebook, and Threads. βUsers have told us they appreciate transparency around this new technology,β Meta said.
While creators can now choose to label content as AI-generated themselves when they post to Instagram, the platformβs automatic detection tool has been hit-or-miss.
βIt's quite discouraging to see this flag in a piece I poured so much time into, only for people to overlook it just because Meta decided it looks like AI,β one product designer (who uses Instagram for their business) wrote on Reddit.
Zoom out: This isnβt the only AI controversy Meta is facing right now. Last month, the company confirmed itβs using Instagram and Facebook usersβ public photos to train its AI models.
Are you a fan of Instagramβs βMade with AIβ tool?

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Beta Squad and AMP Host Charity Soccer Match

Members of the Beta Squad (left) take on AMP members (right) in a charity soccer match, which was ended early /Β Beta Squad
Creator groups Beta Squad and AMP hosted a charity soccer match yesterday in front of 25,000 fans at Londonβs Selhurst Stadium, with proceeds benefiting The Water Project.
Why it matters: Inspired by events such as the Sidemen Charity Match, creators are continuing to prove they can draw strong crowds to live sports.
Tickets for the Beta Squad-AMP match sold out within minutes in early May, with over 65,000 people waiting in the purchase queue online, according to Verge Magazine.
Beta Squad livestreamed the match on its YouTube channelβover 600,000 viewers tuned in live, and itβs currently sitting at No. 1 on YouTubeβs Trending charts.
FYI: The game ended early after hundreds of fans stormed the pitch.

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